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December 28, 2006
CHARITY GIRL
I'm overwhelmingly proud and pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Charity Girl, the new novel by Michael Lowenthal.
As most of you probably know if you've read any prior installments of this weblog, Michael is my boyfriend, best friend, living-in-sin co-homeowner, life partner, etc etc etc. Charity Girl is his third novel, and its official publication date is January 3rd... however, if you head over to your bookstores now, you'll very likely find it on the shelves. (I recommend trying your local independent bookstore, if you live in a town lucky enough to still have one.)
So far, things are going well for Michael's book: it's already been a January 2007 Book Sense pick, and it's getting great early reviews, some of which I'll post later. In the meantime, you can head over to his newly-redesigned website, once again the creation of our friend Michael Borum with etherweave.
If you're in Boston on January 16th, Michael will be reading at the stupendous Brookline Booksmith, sort of the "official hometown launch" for the novel. Check his website for other scheduled reading dates in NYC, LA, SF, and elsewhere. And really, it's a fantastic, haunting, skilled, important book; even if I didn't know him, I'd be recommending it here. But since I do know him, and live with him, I'll recommend it even more highly... also, maybe if it does hugely well, he can become rich and support me and I'll never have to sink into the existential depression of trying to finish my own damn novels!
(For further information on the book, you can also check the Houghton Mifflin website.)
Posted by scottheim at December 28, 2006 02:40 PM
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Scott, have you seen the video footage of Anne Sexton on YouTube? I read that you visited her grave on her birthday; had I been in Boston, you certainly would have encountered me sprawled atop it. Both she and Sylvia, at the tip of my list. Have you read Mark Wunderlich's "The Anchorage"? Anyway, here's the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfvS_fgbuDI
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at January 16, 2007 11:48 PM
The book sounds really fantastic (and was added to my Amazon.com wishlist a while ago)! I think I may have to recommend it for inclusion on Minnesota Public Radio's 'Talking Volumes' series (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/talking_volumes/), because it seems like something that would be right up their alley. Not that I have any sway with Minnesota Public Radio, unfortunately. But, hey: all my fund-drive contributions have to count for *something*! ;)
Posted by: Amanda at December 29, 2006 01:48 PM
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